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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-02-25

A lazy dyspeptic was Towailing his
own misfortunes, and speaking with a
friend on the lattcr's hearty appearance.
"What do you do TO make you 50 strong
and healthy y inquired the dyspcptic
oLiye on fruit alone" answered his
friend "What kind of frutl' "The
fruit Of industry; and l am never
roubca with indigestion. - Il. qltd
l4unaL
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-02-25
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1887-02-25
HUMOROUS.

Light labor-C,eaning lamps.
A slip of the pqn-A young porkcr.
High and dry-A tall Kentuckian.
Only question Of timc-asking the
hour.
The baker always has his hour of
kncad.
Some mon take life easy. It is simply
meet and drink with them.
The woman that maketh a good pud-
ding in silence is better than she who
maketh a tart reply.
out in Manitoba they put the thcr-
mometcr in the oven to keep it from
going down out of sight.
The New York hand-organ men have
formed combine" to keep up prices.
Another grinding monopoly.
A youth wishes to know chow long
girls should be courtcd" Why, the
same as short girls, Of course.
The kings who attached testers to
their persons were firm believers that a
man should have his wits about him.
Judge to the plain,ilT: WHO was
present when the defendant knocked
you DOWN. Plaintiff: ~ wasp
There is said to be tree in New
]
Guinea which, when touched, knocks
man dawnm yvugst hea species od,ls76s.
x5ossfstisSs money saved -bF baring frola .
A merchant said to farmer: "a dollar
will go further than it used to-. Eyes, ="
the farmer quickly replied, "and it
makes the distance in quicker time. "
1t is surprising how different questions
of law sometimes look to the attorney at
the bar and to the Judge on the bench.
One pounds the law, the other expounds
it.
eyes" said a lawyer, who was de-
Tending a murderer, 'the prisoner at the
bar will prove an abb Gentlemen, We
shall prove that the murdered man
wasn't there"
''Thc only time l ever enjoyed the
music Of drum" said cynical old
batchelor, "was once when knew that
an enemy across the way had baby
that he wanted to get to sleep"
Il see in the paper that three tons OF
yarn are yearly used in the manufacture
of baseballs, observed Fangle 81 sup,
Tose that is the reason so many clubs get
worsted, " replied Spooner.
Grandma Johnny, / have discovered
that you have taken more maple sugar
than gave you. Johnny Yes grand
ma; pve been making believe there wa:
another little boy spending the day with
me.
A little city boy who had Just re.
turned from his first visit on farm,
gave this description of butter making
"You ought to just see how auntie
makes butter with a barrel and a broom
stick7
1t was very late and they were renew
ing for the sixty-seventh time their
vows. you'll be true to me-" she
cooed "you will never tell me base
falsehood" eNcver, my darling" he
murmurcd Then the bell tollcd one
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
TEMPERANCE.
DO you RECOGNIZE HIMq

He was walking up town, it was on Saturday
That the Union met, ard he said twas not
right
To compel poor man, who is working his
best,
To pay so much dues, so he stopped for rest.
He walked in saloon and ordered the beer,
Which was placed on d table, and ne drew up q
chair,
And commenced to reason. about in this way:
A man can't stand it on three dollars a day.
He drank up his beer and ordered another,
And just at that time in came a brother:
he asked him to take one, and was glad that
they met,
Besides it's too early for the meeting Just yet.
81 want to ask you question about paying
our dses
Don't you think them too heavy? Don't YOU
think we're abused?'
" Well. III tell you, my brother, the reason and
First let's have two beers. for I'm getting quite
dry"
And the brother continued in about this way:
" When man 5 got groceries and house rent
And has to buy clothing, school books and
Shoes
There isn't much left for the payment of
dues"
So they sat and they talked till twas much
after ten,
And too late to go to the meeting just then;
Two more beers and deck OF cards to play
Were called for to pass the time away
So they played and drank till twas twelve or
more,
And the landlord said he must close the door;
Said one dollar and fifty cents must be paid,
Which was quietly done and not word said.
And they staggered home their wives to be-
rate;
Complained that the Union kept them out late,
And for taxes and dues had paid quite an
amount,
And sad that the Union was not much account.
Iron MouIderS' JOurRQE
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
Its Days Are Numbered.

The Liquor League have not been
very successful in their efforts to bull
doze the people. 1t has been proven in
court that they have hired men to play
the spy and sneak on those that do
works of necessity and mercy on Sun
day. 1t has been shown that certain
members of the League have entered
into conspiracy to prosecute bakers,
milk-dealers and other necessary Sun
day businesses, with q view to break
down the prosecution of the violators
of the liquor law, law, too, that the
liquor men themselves had framed and
passed for their especial use and benefit
by willing Legislature.
The Liquor League, as stated, have
signally failed in their attempts to bull
doze the people. 1t is true they have
had men arrested, put to expense and
deprived of liberty pending their trials,
and to loss of time from their necessary
vocations. This prosecution by the
League of legitimate business to serve
their private ends will, if carried
further, eliminate in the bringing of
suits by the parties that have been or
may be acquitted of these malicious
charges, of conspiracy and for dam
ages against certain of the wealthy
Washington street saloon-keepers and
prominent brewers; and where prose-
cutions are shown to be malicious and
the result of conspiracy, courts are apt
not only to give compensatory damages,
but also to award punitive or vindic-
tive damages. The Liquor League will
soon find out that they do not own the
courts and the State, even if they do,
for time, override the law. The day
of retribution will come sooner or later.
The most aggressive Temperance man
could ask nothing better for the fur
therance of his hopes and wishes than
this attempted domination of and by
the Liquor League.-Indiana State.
Journal.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

specific proof is needed We have
only to look abroad in any direction 10
soe this. Fully half the police ana
judicial machinery of our cities is oc-
cupied in dealing with the evils
which are produced, directly or
indirectly by the saloon. The
cost to society is enormous, but
when a nation makes an institution
Of the saloon it must be pre-
pared to pay roundly for all the aces
series in the shape of prisons and police
forces and courts and insane asylums
and warehouses. The prosperous tax
payer, who grumbles at the levies made
upon him, may be thankful that his
bank account secures him at least par
tai freedom from the worst products
of the saloon. The poor mechanic,
whose narrow earnings compel him to
accept the life of the tenement house,
can not shelter himself in the same
way. He may be temperate man
himself. He may be a Christian. He
may be DESTROYS of raising his family
respectfully, and of keeping them I'M
tainted. But the polluting contiguity
which poverty compels makes him an
involuntary witness and auditor of all
the brutalities and obscenities provoked
by drink in the most depraved of his
neighhors, and he can not keep from
the eyes and ears of his wife or daugh-
tiers sights and sounds which in them
selves constitute infection. Thus it is
not only its frequenters that the saloon
INJURIES Its corrupting influence
spreads far beyond the ostensible
range of its activity, and its deadliest
work is doubtless often effected among
simple creatures who have not entered
its doors.-G George Frederic Parsons,
i1 atlantic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
A Good Master Workman.

Master Workman Powderiy has writ
ten letter to the secretary of a Good
Templar Lodge in Brooklyn, in which
he says:
81 am pleased to know that my
humble efforts in behalf of the sacred
cause of temperance meet with your
approval. ! have never said any thing
upon the subject that 1 did not mean,
and the sentiments that / have ex-
pressed fail to convey the full depth of
what / do feel upon the subject. re-
gard the use of strong drink by men
and women as the greatest curse that
can befall them. To the use of liquor
can be ascl'ibed nine-tenths of the ills.
that befall our working people;
and while our working people
are always held up as those most
likely to be injured by the use of rum,
it is only because, through poverty,
their faults are more easily discovered
than those on the other side, who drank
fully as much and are as much the
slaves of drink as are the working peo.
pie, the only difference being in the
quality of the drinks. One has to con-
tent himself with fvc-cent beer, the
other with fiftcen-dollar champagne.
The effect is the same and the use of
both should be abolished if we hope to-
have strong men and women for the
future"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

"A Philadelphia proprietor of a large
establishment employs a women as head
bookkeeper. On being asked recently
if she reason was because she would
work cheaper than man, he replied:
"No; we pay her as much as we would a
man, and she is much more reliable and
her work is much better done. When
it come eleven o'clock she does not go
out to get drink as some bookkeepers
have to do; she never comes to the office
worn out by an all-night's spree and
jumbles up the business of the day.
This is why Iprefer q lady. "-REiLa-
0deLhiG Call
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
The washerwomen of Holland. wi

The washerwomen of Holland. who
get up their linen so beautifully white,
use refined borax us washing powder
instead of sods, in the proportion of
one large handful of borax powder to
about ten gallons of boiling water.
They thus save in soap nearly half. All
the washing establishments adopt tho
same mode. For laces, cambrics, cite.
an extra quantity of the powder is
used, and for crinolines (requiring to be
made stiff strong solution is neces.
sary. Borax, being neutral salt. does
not in the slightest degree iniure the
texture of the linen; its effect is to
soften the hardest water.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

The Temperance workers should be
glad to see revived and reviving earn
estness on the part of the liquor deal
ers, for precisely in proportion as they
work against reform will it gather
strength. The sight of the saloon keep
ers and larger traflicers increasing in
professional vigor is a powerful stimu-
lus to those who say the saloon must go.
-Unitcd Presbyterian.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15
DEATH.

He pluclls the pain from youthful breast,
a And stills the groan OF burdened age;
He lays the suffering down to rest,
And drives the cruel from the stage.
He takes no bride, he fears no threat;
But walks the land and sweeps the sea;
Throws back the doors whose hinges fret
And sets the godlille spirit free.
He raps the door OF rich and poor;
Goes through the earth with noiseless feet
He shakes his glass at prince and boor,
Then winds them in his icy sheet.
He's strange and cold, breaks bolts and bars,
Dethrones the King, unbinds the slave:
lie walls the sun, and hides the stars,
And lays a nation in its grave.
j. Hazard Hdrtzsl IN N. Y. Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

A QUART of whisky will neutralize a
snake-bite and not intoxicate We
wonder if snake bite wouldn't neu-
tralize the effect of quart of whiskyP
If it would, every drunken mans wife
should be the proprietor of big snake.
-HcddiigM. ...
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

The Princess of Wales has become
Patroness of the Scandinavian Sailors
Temperance Home, and has given $3.50
towards the erection of new building
for that institution - ....
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

Honey is an excellent palliation in
coughs, colds, sore throat, baby sore
mouth and early stages of diphtheria.
Montreal Witness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

The public has paid for Appleton,s
American Cyclopedia," IN its various
editions. including annual supplements,
nearly $l5,00o.o0O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

The United States Government has
received through the British Legation
in Washington an official invitation to
participate in an international exhibit
ton which is to be held in Manchester,
England, next year, to celebrate the jul
bilee of Her Britannia Majesty reign.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-01-15

After some Williamsport Pa.) lads
had toiled long and quietly to build II
snow man six feet high in front of II
door, and had then rung the door bell
and secretcd themselves to watch the
fun when the door should be opened,
they discovered that the family was
absent from home. ~ Philadelphia Press.
New-York tribune., 1887-12-27
Fun AT THE RAILROADMEN'S CLUB.
GOOD TINE AT ALL THE YOUNG MENs CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION BRANCHrs.

1t was Merry Christmas all day al Cornelius Van
dcrbilt's Railroad Mems club Building In Madison
ave- near the Grand Central Station. General Sec
retary George 4. Warburt was on hand carly to wei
come the "Loys7 as they mado their appearance
whether singly in pairs or by the dozen During
the day something 400 Of the fraternity sat at the
generous board and patook Of turkey and oysters and
all the accopanying dccaclcS OF the season for which
tho lardcr Of the Railroad Mons Building IS becoming
famous The library the social room, the gymnasium
and the bathing basin furnished various Xmas O I'dS
mt attractlons while the whrr of the balls AZ they
spun over the long alleys in the basement showed mat
bowllng was also a favorite amusement.
In the evening a good time had with old fash
loued Christmas games. The logs on the big open
hearths Of the first floor were set blazing AS In Se
oden time and the members dnckcd Tor apples wmch
foated I'm a genuine tub Of water ana poppu corn W
real poppcrs Just m ny Of them ala on 'he o'u
farm nm which they were born and reared, and played
all manner Of boys games and trlchs iofso'""E o
h.rash,,s and dangers Of their vocation I'm the de-
termination to amusc each other ana ehIoS NV '"'
resides thew sarg college songs, told funny stories
doI.,med old school speeches and had readings from
IonufelIow's "Christmas carols VIII Cafle'ohS
q ram rcstivalsn and "Sir Walter Scotrs Mar
,on y and various rccltatons appropriate to the &c
-, e,,,v or moro members participated IN inc
evenings fun ,, ,n =.
,r,,o hristmas trees and cvcrgrccns wrought III
.r,e,v NJ sbapes gr.ced tho members parior VI 'ho
v,ng Mans Christian Association at fourth ave anu
r,rontv-tbIrd st. Many young men spent goou part
-, the day in the building, and Assistant ocoi0'"
CandIsb tried to mako them feel at home. NO ex-
ercsos Of any kind took place during the day out '
-, .yen,rg there was a Jolly good time. The fuio-
loo vss Lighted - 49, broad fire place at p m-' anu
New-York tribune., 1887-12-27
NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE TUESDAY, DECEMBER o. 1887

under the guidance Of committee selected for tho
purpose, all present set out 10 enjoy merry Christ
mas. College SONGS and gccs sung. there wcro
rccitatlons from popular aIthor'. gifted imtator of
the burntcOlh profession gave sides plltng cncri an
ment with banjo accom- paHimcn, and with VariOHs
amuscmcntS devised by the committees ingenuity thc
hours sped mcIrly away. Al IL D. IN. rcir'shnic Ets
We're served and the fun was brought TO an end.
About fifty members Of the Young Mems Institute in
the BOwery enjoyed an excellent dinner al the lust
tutc, given by we'll known business man, who wished
Ia, MIlhic,d Ihosc Whod H. invited were
young men, In bus,1cSS I'm this city, who live ont Oi
town Besides the guests for whom the dinner was
given, there present few we'll known members
of the Young Mems Christian Association. Cleveland
III. Dodge. OF William f. Dodge, presided
Speeches made by H. VI. McI}nrncy. airy OF
the city association, Mr. Dodge and others. In tho
evening Christmas concert TOOK place. In which thc
music furnished by the associations Gler club
At the BOwcry Branch Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association No 243 BOwcry seventy five dcsil-
tute Young men partook OF good dinner, as did my
Sunday. The bill of fare included turkcy, NcSe
tables, bread, butter cCircc and mincc pie.
New-York tribune., 1887-12-27
A VETERANS REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE.
THE FACTS on WHICH W. J. JANUARY BASES
y, ,ru FOR INCREASED PENSION.

CLAIM FOR lNCREAsED fENoi'N'
wIsmNGrox Dec. 26 (SpecfdO.-Ont OF the strong
t appications for an increased pension that has ever
been presented to Congress comes from W. }. jan
nary. of Minonk ILL., lie says he Is forty years oid,
ard In the fall Of 500 joined the 1iIh Illinois cavalry
being captured fl, stonemans raid IN July, 1861. he
wa, kept In AndeIsouvllle for a While ana thch 10
moved to Charleston. $ c. where, about February To-
ieo5 he was stricken with swamp fever lie pioee'Ss
o, l,,rn,d from tho surgeon, after a hasty eNamna-
on that was o victim Of scurvy and gangrene' ana was
removed 10 tho gangrcne hospital My feet and ankles
aboyo tho Joint presented vid Hfoess appearance ana
ho flesh began to slough or and the surgeon with brutal
,, ,, , should .,on die But determined to live
and begged him to cut my feet off, telling him II no would
hn, could live. Ito stll refused, and believing that my
u,. deended ON tho removal OF my feet secured an Ola
vLnif, "A have ig posscssi0n) and cuttlhs
hrough tho decaying flesh aud seVcln6 tho ehuos thc
est ero soon unOlncd leaving tho bones piotrudlhg
w,t, ,hout a covering OF flesh for i've Inches.
a. the close tho war taken by the Rebels to
ou, lines at Wilmington n. C., In APRIL 1850, and when
weighed learned that had been reduced from LOO pounds
New-York tribune., 1887-12-27
Mr. BLATyES DISPL LTCH WISALL RTGHT
from me Ner. YORK W0rtd.

One evening Mr. Blaine being entertained M
anucr by a dlstn. n.ushcd iOudoncr aud the conVcish
tim turned on the rel iOn- between GIr1t Jrlla ana
M ucd Staies of the M of The li Iti- Tar
lament. who Sat by Mr. Blaine good iainrdIy tIiil
ci-cd MIR blaine The fIm of one ni his uNpa''H''
-, the Ertsh Government when blaine "a- SER tlaiN
uf State at seemed 10 me at the time. said lh'
English statesman that YOU wcrc lhllr "l""ni-
teams 10 I'm .land when yOu said Ia your d.-pach ~
Her Naic-ty's Government that Tho tmlrd S'a''s
cxnects .uch and such things nom Engl lId'
Mir Hatne turned Ia his critic with the utmost
noncba ancc and remarked You forget, ny dear .If
that / merely copied phrase Of di.parh ir"n ,,I ~,
W.Ie.,v,. Government tO the United states III Inc
darkc.f period OF our civil The tables are nov,
turned Then. when we were Ip iioubi" Ehsano
.cyncc,cd nv country o do such and such things
Now II Won will pardon me- the United states Is IN
posrion TO quote tho phraseoloSy and sehd IL pacA
again"
New-York tribune., 1887-12-27
HOW ATHLETES PASSED THE DAY.

FOOTBALL TENNI-. MARES AND HOUNDS GIVE
HEARTY APPETrTTS FOR GOOD CHEER
fast and fine game OF football was played Yesterday
between the Thistle Club of NswYork and the o. " r.
Club OF Newark. In the frat half Of tho game th'
o. Y. Cs goals In the second half th- This
ties four eeals the o. " Ts one, lea ing them
the victors.
The Bedford Academy Football Club o: Brooklyn was
defeated by the Independent Football Club OF Newark
in that city yesterday by score Of six points to none
under intorcslle giite rules.
The annual tennis tournament Of the 23i Regimesi for
singles was commenced yesterday at tho Aralory IN
Clermont.ave Brooklyn. An immense crowd was pre'-
cnt to see the play which was OF the best description
The final round by j. W. Raymond and o. 6. Campbell
will be finished next Monday. Tho prizes are hand
silver bowl fer first and geld led umhrei" lot
second The score is as fellows: First reund-Grant
Nstman, Brooklyn Hill Tennis Club. beat C. H. Indng
ton. Yale University. l-6 c.. o.; l. l. Hail.
Nsw-York Tennis Club. beat II. Taylor
Nev-Ysrk Tennis club. 80 6-3. 6-o
second r.und-Grant hoffman boa l. l. Han, 6-3 -;
G. Han beit carroll g. c ro't ) On dconne b.a d.
Miller. (. Ga; f. d. Chase beat r. v leach o ~ >.
beat ". l.. Hough, 63. 81; Juan A. Smith beat t. =
Ierersin. SO. ca. 6I
Fral r.und-J. ". Raymond beat o. = CaiLIbsH' g.
The regular Christmas run Of the Prespsct HIarrier'
from PettItrs Hotel. Jamaica. L. L. was success.
paper trail laid NV II. Growtsge shd j. H. t"np'
The hares ever eight miles country. aud thoY M
l.hcd 10 G3 minutes II seconds. : l. truih was me
first hound IN with j. IL. Mel'w '''so "''"-''' "''N
minutes later. -, -, a..
The spartan IarierS hal run ys'terdsy through nc
country about sleepy Hollow. starting from tie FRANK
M, House nt Tarrytou Tho haTcs were J. WSuaclt
X sharp and A. Kitchell master Of the hnht' D. ".
Eei. wbippsrs.u- Wagner aud +. Cook Tho harc'
started a. lO 50 A. r. through North larry
crossing the old aqneduoi anil from th-sor H'p
bng ever 10 inc Hudson River Railroad track ana lax
inc circuitou. route nome the hotel m1knsi run oi
:h mile. snd finishing at lli' am lhe hohu' cams
In thirty-nYe minutes later